James' Environmental Science Vocab

1. Biodiversity

1.1. Genetic Biodiversity

1.2. Species Biodiversity

1.3. Ecosystem Biodiversity

2. organism

2.1. population

2.1.1. Population Growth

2.1.1.1. Population Growth Rate

2.1.1.1.1. Limiting Factors

2.1.1.1.2. Carrying Capacity

2.1.1.2. Exponential Growth

2.1.1.3. J-Curve

2.1.1.4. S-Curve

2.2. community

2.2.1. Food Chain

2.2.1.1. Prodcer

2.2.1.2. Primary Consumer

2.2.1.3. Secondary Consumer

2.2.1.4. Tertiary Consumer

2.2.1.5. Decomposer

2.2.2. Food Web

2.2.2.1. Trophic levels

2.3. ecosystem

2.3.1. Biotic factors

2.3.2. Abiotic factors

2.3.3. Indicator Species

3. Threatened Species

3.1. Endangered Species

3.2. Hot Spots

4. Resources

4.1. Natural Resources

4.2. Renewable Resource

4.3. Nonrenewable Resource

5. Biomes

5.1. Rainforest

5.2. Temperate decidouos forest

5.3. Coniferous forest

5.4. Desert

5.5. Tundra

5.6. Freshwater biome

5.7. Marine biome

5.8. Grassland/ Savannah

6. Succession

6.1. Ecological Succession

6.2. Primary Succession

6.3. Secondary Succession

6.4. Pioneer species

6.5. Climax Community

7. Water Pollution

7.1. Point Souce

7.2. Non-point Source

7.3. Organic pollutant

7.4. Inorganic Pollutant

7.5. Urbanization

8. Watershed

8.1. Wetlands

8.1.1. Water purification

8.1.1.1. Desalination

8.2. Aquifer

8.3. Runoff

8.3.1. Erosion

8.3.2. Impermeable